Chapter 29
What Happens When It’s Taken Away?
“Yes, I have also been able to use reading magic for some time. Please take back the unfair points.”
Crown Prince Rudolf, knowing that Magram was deliberately giving and then taking back points to suppress the students’ alliances, took it upon himself to return his points.
It was a display of true determination.
“Hmm. I thought he was just a pretty boy born into a life of wealth and titles, but it turns out he’s got some grit,” thought Karl Gustaf, the head of the Boreas dormitory from the northern kingdoms, as he admired the prince’s spirit and joined in.
“I also learned reading magic beforehand, so I don’t need these points.”
As Karl stood, many students from the northern dormitory followed suit.
“We also learned the magic in advance!”
“We don’t need points just to divide students like that!”
All of Boreas’ students stood up, claiming they didn’t need the points.
Even though their dorm rooms were cramped and there was no place to gather and read books during the rain, they chose to prioritize pride rather than the benefits of the points they could easily obtain just by staying still.
“The northern students have some spirit, don’t they? But I’ve seen this in the game… it won’t end well,” Idnia thought, feeling troubled.
If this continued, the action of trying to preserve the alliance might end up breaking it.
And as Idnia predicted, the situation played out as expected.
No one from the southern Notos dormitory stood up.
Even though the dorm head, Lorenzo Medici, had learned the magic beforehand, along with other students, they didn’t rise to give back their points.
“Alright, I understand. I’ll do as you wish,” Magram said with a snap of his fingers, forcing Rudolf to sit down.
Then, he collected all the points from the students who had stood up, except for those from Notos.
“Wait, what?” Boreas dormitory had fallen to last place in the points ranking.
“This… this is bad,” the students of Boreas thought.
“Are the other dorms not going to join in? Are we the only ones being the fools?”
The boiling anger began to subside as their heads cooled, and regret started to set in for the Boreas students.
But by the time they tried to reverse their decision, it would only make them look more foolish.
“Damn! Those other dorms! We’re suffering this humiliation for the greater cause, and they’re just watching?”
“Especially Notos! Those smug southerners!”
In the end, only Boreas students were left looking like fools.
Despite this, they stood their ground and refused to take the points.
Idnia stood up as well.
“I haven’t learned it in advance, but… I will stand with my fellow students from Boreas.”
“Ah?” “…….”
The students of Boreas felt a sense of gratitude toward Idnia as she stood with them.
Watching this, Magram gave a meaningful smile.
“You’ve caught the last train. Truly, the daughter of Duke Betelgeuse. But honestly, I’m disappointed in the Medici family.”
“Hm? What does that mean?”
The reason became clear soon enough.
Suddenly, the sharp smell of blood pierced everyone’s nostrils. Drops of blood started falling from the ceiling of the classroom.
“Did someone get killed upstairs?”
Everyone was taken aback by the unexpected scene.
“Screech!”
“Ugh?!”
At first, a few drops fell, but soon they poured down like a waterfall.
The blood that fell to the floor started to take shape, becoming a humanoid form.
It was a tall figure with dull, bloodshot eyes, pale skin, and a handsome appearance.
“A… vampire?!”
“My god?!”
Some students raised their wands and swords, but didn’t attack.
They had learned their lesson when they attacked a dragon earlier, only to realize it was a professor.
Could this be another professor in disguise?
Magram cleared the doubt.
“Ah, you’re here, Principal Ludwig.”
“Principal?!”
Everyone was shocked.
Not just any professor, but the Principal? A vampire?
If word got out, it would surely disturb the public order.
The principal, with a displeased expression, stormed over to Magram.
“Not this again, Magram?!”
“Students’ points suddenly shot up, and now this?!”
“Students have perfectly mastered the reading magic, and I just gave them the points,” Magram replied casually.
“Don’t be ridiculous. Reading magic? Isn’t that the easiest magic of all? If they passed the entrance exam, they should know how to use it, right?
And you’re giving out points just for knowing it?! If we keep doing this, we won’t be able to stimulate their desire to improve!”
The enraged principal shouted at the students.
“I’m canceling all the points Magram gave out! Giving out points for such little progress is only hindering their desire to improve!”
“WHAT?! No, you can’t just take back the points like that…”
The students were in shock, unable to believe what was happening.
But seeing that, Magram seemed to have expected this turn of events.
Students from Notos were particularly shaken.
“If we had known this would happen, we should’ve stood up too.”
“Those northern guys are too brutal… but we took all the damage for nothing.”
They were frustrated that they’d gained nothing and lost their pride.
‘He’s been playing us all along…’
‘Without giving us a single point, he made a mockery of us and broke the alliance.’
‘Isn’t this too advantageous for the professors from the beginning?’
The students from the south glared at Principal Ludwig, but he stormed off as if he’d just come from a three-day night shift.
“I’ll make it up to you later. Instead, I’ll distribute Academy Coins. I’ll deduct it from your account, Magram!”
“I’ve already given them out.”
“Ha. I figured you would. Fine.”
Seemingly, this kind of situation had happened often. Principal Ludwig sneered and stretched his hand towards the air, creating a magic circle.
Magic symbols made of blood appeared in the air, and a transfer portal formed.
As Ludwig walked into the portal, his body dissolved into the blood and vanished…
No ordinary person would have been able to pass through the portal.
If anyone tried to follow, they would be reduced to pieces, and their body wouldn’t even be found.
“Now, let’s focus on the lesson!” Ludwig said before disappearing.
In the end, Magram succeeded in causing a rift between the students without giving them a single point, breaking their alliance.
The students knew this, and secretly fumed at Magram, who shrugged and said, “Shall we start the class now? To be a real magician, we need to move on to the next step of the reading magic.”
Despite sowing discord and disrupting the students’ alliance, Magram shamelessly continued with the lesson.
